Chakaia Booker

Name: Chakaia Booker
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783777438092
Price: 100.0 NZD
Availability: InStock

The Observance

0.0 (0 reviews)

Summary

Chakaia Booker: The Observance presents a comprehensive survey of the renowned American artist's work, focusing on her monumental sculptures crafted from recycled rubber tyres. The book showcases a diverse array of Booker's totemic and anthropomorphic assemblies, highlighting her engagement with ecological and technological themes, as well as social issues such as racial and economic disparities. It includes significant pieces like Chu Ching (2012), rare painting series, and photographic works that underscore performance and mythology in her art. Central to the collection is The Observance (1995), an immersive installation marking her pioneering use of rubber tyres, symbolising resistance and unrest.
Read More

Format: Hardback

$100⁰⁰

AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Chakaia Booker

$100⁰⁰

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This volume is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, sculpture, ecological and social themes, and those keen to explore innovative material use in art. It suits academics, art historians, and anyone passionate about cultural studies and modern museum exhibitions.

Description

Chakaia Booker: The Observance accompanies the first comprehensive museum survey of the American artist. The publication explores the artist's signature form—monumental works made of rubber—while showcasing her innovations across mediums.

Featuring an expansive range of Booker's sculptures, including totemic and anthropomorphic assemblages fabricated from cast-off tires, the volume highlights Booker's ongoing expression of ecological and technological concerns, examinations of racial and economic disparities, and her interest in the symbolism of the automobile in American culture.

The exhibition and accompanying publication Chakaia Booker: The Observance include some of Booker's most topical works, such as Chu Ching (2012), which depicts a cross on a wheelbarrow resembling Jesus being dismounted from the cross. It also showcases two rarely seen series of paintings that explore landscape and language. The artist's photographic series, Foundling Warrior Quest (2010) and Graveyard Series (1995), are featured to explore the importance of performance and mythology in her practice.

Anchoring the presentation is The Observance (1995), an immersive installation made of deconstructed rubber tires and tubes—Booker's first work in this signature material, chosen by the artist for its associations with riots.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777438092

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 March 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Contributors:

Edited by Alex Gartenfeld
Interviewer Alex Gartenfeld
Edited by Stephanie Seidl
Contributions by A. D’Souza
Contributions by E. Jenoa Gilbert
Contributions by S. Seidel

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 330.0mm

Weight: 1040g

Pages: 200

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Essays by Aruna D'Souza, Erin Jenoa Gilbert, and Stephanie Seidel. Interview with the artist by Alex Gartenfeld